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Geomatics Acronyms and Abbreviations

Geomatics has become a pretty common term in Canada lately and includes many different disciplines such as geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, cartography, land surveying, global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), photogrammetry, geography and other related forms of spatial mapping.

Using acronyms and abbreviations is commonly practiced in the Geomatics industry and most of the time people just assume that everybody else knows what every acronyms and abbreviation stands for. Well that is obviously not the case most of the time and over the years I have created myself a little digital cheat-sheet of geomatics acronyms and abbreviations that I use with my work in my writing.

CACS Canadian Active Control SystemCAD Computer Assisted DesignCADMAP Computer-aided drafting, mapping, and photogrammetryCAG Canadian Association of GeographersCaGIS Cartography and Geographic Information SocietyCanSIS Canadian Soil Information SystemCanVec Canadian Vector DataCARL Canadian Association of Research LibrariesCASI Canadian Aeronautics and Space InstituteCBEPS Canadian Board of Examiners for Professional SurveyorsCCA Canadian Cartographic AssociationCCG Canadian Coast GuardCCMEO Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth ObservationCCOG The Canadian Council on Geomatics.CCRS Canada Centre for Remote SensingCGCRT Canadian Geomatics Community Round TableCGRG Canadian Geomorphology Research GroupCGS Canadian Geodetic SurveyCGS Certified Geomatics Specialist (CIG Certification Program)CGSN Canadian Gravity Standardization NetworkCHA Canadian Hydrographic AssociationCHS Canadian Hydrographic ServiceCIG Canadian Institute of GeomaticsCIR Color infraredCIS Canadian Institute of SurveyingCLI Canada Land InventoryCLS Canada Lands SurveyorCLSR Canada Lands Surveys RecordsCOGO Coordinate GeometryCOGS Centre of Geographic SciencesCORS Continuously operated reference station(s)CRN Canadian Road NetworkCRSS Canadian Remote Sensing SocietyCSA Canadian Space AgencyCSPG Canadian Society of Petroleum GeologistsCSRS Canadian Spatial Reference SystemCWRA Canadian Water Resources Program

NACCSM National Advisory Committee on Control Surveys and MappingNAD North American DatumNAD27 North American Datum of 1927NAD83 North American Datum of 1983NAD83 (CSRS) North American of Datum 1983 (Canadian Spatial Reference System) an adopted modern datum used in CanadaNAPL National Air Photo LibraryNASA National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNATO North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationNAVD North American Vertical DatumNAVD 88 North American Vertical Datum 1988NDVI normalized difference vegetation indexNIF National Information FrameworkNIR near infraredNLS Ascociation of Nova Scotia Land SurveyorsNGVD National Geodetic Vertical DatumNGVD29 National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.)NMAS National Map Accuracy StandardsNRCan Natural Resources CanadaNTS National Topographic System

UAV Unmanned Aerial VehicleUBC University of British ColumbiaUNB University of New BrunswickURISA Urban and Regional Information Systems AssociationUTC Universal Time Coordinated; Urban Traffic Control System (Siemans)UTM Universal Transverse MercatorU of C University of CalgaryU of T University of Toronto

VGI Volunteered Geographic Information

WMF Windows Metafile FormatWWW World Wide WebW3C World Wide Web ConsortiumWYSIWYG What you see is what you getXML eXtensible Markup Language

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